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| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE | |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2024 | referred to ways and means |
| Jun 09, 2023 | reported referred to rules |
| May 23, 2023 | reported referred to ways and means |
| May 17, 2023 | referred to health |
co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
John T. McDonald III
Kenneth Blankenbush
Chris Burdick
View additional co-sponsorsJonathan Rivera
Tony Simone
Nily Rozic
Steven Raga
Harry B. Bronson
Juan Ardila
Inez E. Dickens
MaryJane Shimsky
Phil Steck
Sarahana Shrestha
Zohran Mamdani
Patricia Fahy
Dana Levenberg
Maritza Davila
Scott Gray
Eddie Gibbs
Christopher Eachus
Taylor Darling
Jeff Gallahan
Demond Meeks
Michaelle C. Solages
Karines Reyes
Ron Kim
John Lemondes
Charles Lavine
Jen Lunsford
Al Taylor
Grace Lee
Marianne Buttenschon
2023-A7316 (ACTIVE) - Details
See Senate Version of this Bill: S6733 Current Committee: Assembly Ways And Means Law Section: Public Health Law Laws Affected: Amd §2999-dd, Pub Health L; amd Part V §7, Chap 57 of 2022
2023-A7316 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.
2023-A7316 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7316 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding health care services provided by telehealth; and to amend part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, amending the public health law and the insur- ance law relating to reimbursement for commercial and Medicaid services provided via telehealth, in relation to the effectiveness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2999-dd of the public health law, as amended by section 2 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 1. Health care services delivered by means of telehealth shall be entitled to reimbursement under section three hundred sixty-seven-u of the social services law on the same basis, at the same rate, and to the same extent the equivalent services, as may be defined in regulations promulgated by the commissioner, are reimbursed when delivered in person; provided, however, that health care services delivered by means of telehealth shall not require reimbursement to a telehealth provider for certain costs, including but not limited to facility fees or costs reimbursed through ambulatory patient groups or other clinic reimburse- ment methodologies set forth in section twenty-eight hundred seven of this chapter, if such costs were not incurred in the provision of tele- health services due to neither the originating site nor the distant site occurring within a facility or other clinic setting; and further provided, however, reimbursement for additional modalities, provider categories and originating sites specified in accordance with section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-ee of this article, and audio-only tele- phone communication defined in regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision four of section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-cc of this EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11157-01-3
A. 7316 2 article, shall be contingent upon federal financial participation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, for services licensed, certified or otherwise authorized pursuant to article sixteen, article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law, AND FOR ANY SERVICES DELIVERED THROUGH A FACILITY LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO BE DESIGNATED OR HAS RECEIVED A DESIGNATION AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER IN ACCORD- ANCE WITH 42 USC § 1396A(AA), AS AMENDED, OR ANY SUCCESSOR LAW THERETO, INCLUDING THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE ALSO LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY- ONE OR ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, such services provided by telehealth[, as deemed appropriate by the relevant commis- sioner,] shall be reimbursed at the applicable in person rates or fees established by law, or otherwise established or certified by the office for people with developmental disabilities, office of mental health, or the office of addiction services and supports pursuant to article forty-three of the mental hygiene law. § 2. Section 7 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, amending the public health law and the insurance law relating to reimbursement for commercial and Medicaid services provided via telehealth, is amended to read as follows: § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022; provided, however, this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on and after April 1, [2024] 2026. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that the provisions of section one of this act shall take effect April 1, 2024; provided further, however, that the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 2999-dd of the public health law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
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